Family Cultivation: My entire family are Villains-Chapter 520 - 244, Greeting the Lord_2

The abandoned city gate was overgrown with weeds, but after pushing aside a dense patch of foliage, a path about three meters wide emerged, like light at the end of a tunnel. Although Hou Yuxiao and his four companions were all riding fine horses and following Gao Changlong into the path, the expressions of curiosity and excitement were only visible on the faces of Hou Yuxiao and Hou Yucheng, who had just returned from Hedong.

Third Elder, Fourth Elder, and Old Fifth had always been on the Hexi side, and Baiye Camp was established by their own planning. In terms of familiarity, perhaps even Gao Changlong, who had always been here, might not match them. However, the three of them wore smiles, their gazes constantly focused on Hou Yuxiao and Hou Yucheng, clearly somewhat intending to see them embarrassed.

"Fifth Master’s strategy is to use this place as the Hou Clan’s base for all future armies. After the upheaval caused by the demons, Baiye County was virtually in name only. Consequently, Fifth Master named this place Baiye Camp, and that’s what we all call it!"

Upon entering the city, the first thing that caught the eye was still a scene of ruins. Gao Changlong continued to lead the five men further inside, and after about three miles, they finally saw an endless area of wood sheds. Upon seeing these, Hou Yuxiao’s eyes immediately revealed a hint of speculation as he asked, "Are these stables?"

"The Family Head recognized them at a glance, truly impressive!"

Gao Changlong, with a smile, extended his hand towards the spacious yet rough stables and softly said, "Baiye Camp is divided into two parts. The first part is the stables. We have built a total of one hundred thousand individual wood sheds, including accompanying amenities like horse troughs, water channels, facilities within the sheds, storage rooms for Blood Fiend Grass, door plates, and the central roadways, all fully equipped, specifically for soldiers to house war horses."

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No wonder there were no horses visible. One hundred thousand wood sheds, and at the outbreak of the war in Hedong, the family had only acquired six hundred war horses when they went to Xingnan Prefecture. Certainly, many more must have been purchased over the past year, but as far as Hou Yuxiao knew, there were now fewer than ten thousand war horses in the clan, most of which were ordinary ones. This meant that the Hou Clan was utilizing less than one-tenth of this massive stable complex; it was normal to have so many vacant.

"This is also considered preparing for a rainy day. Given the current situation in the clan, these many war horses are enough for our use, but as the Hou Clan’s army gradually expands and strengthens, these stables will come into play!"

Hearing Hou Yuxiao’s words, Gao Changlong nodded his head and respectfully gestured with his hand for him to continue walking inside. After walking another ten miles or so, Hou Yuxiao indeed saw the stables that were already in use.

The paths inside the stables were clear, with many soldiers in armor pushing carts of blood-red fodder, moving around and feeding each stall. Seeing the squads of robust war horses, Hou Yuxiao’s face immediately lit up with excitement.

These war horses were like strategic materials. Even ordinary ones were tantamount to Martial Artists at the Second and Third Level of Body Opening and required at least Martial Artists at the Seventh Level of Body Opening to ride. Premium war horses were nearly equivalent to those at the Fifth Level, full of energy and hard to tame, requiring a Martial Artist at the Ten Layers of Body Openings to handle.

Not to mention the warriors of the Hou Clan, the ten thousand war horses in this stable alone showcased the strength of the Hou Clan.

"Last January, I purchased three thousand war horses from the Xiong Yun Gang. In June this year, Fourth Elder also went to Jianye Prefecture and bought seven thousand more. Of course, these are all ordinary war horses, but even so, a single ordinary war horse costs as high as Six Thousand Five Hundred Taels. Just these ten thousand or more war horses, along with the accompanying fodder and specialized Horse Masters, altogether cost about One Million Taels of Gold!"

One Million Taels of Gold. Even though Hou Yuxiao was now quite experienced and knowledgeable, hearing this figure still made him click his tongue in amazement. If it weren’t for having the expanse of four prefectures and fifteen counties, just maintaining the horses would probably be unaffordable for the family.

However, it was something to get used to gradually. Recalling the great battle in Hedong, where the elite armies of the Holy Lands all rode war horses, Hou Yuxiao slightly gathered himself. The resources before him were indeed staggering for the Hou Clan, but in the eyes of the Holy Lands, they hardly counted for anything. Knowing that in the great battle of Hedong, the Holy Lands hadn’t really shown their full strength signaled that the one hundred thousand Brahman World Purifying Army, or the two hundred thousand Jinjia Army, or even the one hundred thousand Monastic Soldiers, were just a light drizzle for those Holy Lands.

Not to consider these three, just look at Great Jin to know. Two Marquis under it commanded two hundred thousand elite troops. Considering individuals like Tuoba Tao and Wanyan Lie who were also Marquis, Great Jin had as many as twenty-eight of them, not to mention the Seven Kings and Three Emperors. What sort of force might their armies be?

As myriad thoughts raced through his mind, Hou Yuxiao unwittingly followed Gao Changlong through the stables to a large iron gate, about thirty feet high, built by man. Extending from both sides of the gate was a city wall stretching over three miles. Clearly, what lay beyond this iron gate was a city within a city, constructed inside Baiye Camp.

Seeing Gao Changlong suddenly stop ahead, Hou Yuxiao felt puzzled.

"Big brother, you’d better open your eyes wide and see clearly!"

Hou Yuduan’s tone was deliberately mysterious, as if afraid of startling Hou Yuxiao, prompting him to brace himself ahead of time. Hou Yuxiao slightly shook his head; he had just come from Hedong, where the scale of the great battle had almost reached two million. Gu Tianyun’s Jinjia Army, Zhan Taiqing’s Brahman World Purifying Army, the elite of Great Jin led by Tuoba Tao and Wanyan Lie, including even the one hundred thousand Monastic Soldiers from Leiyin Temple—all seemed much stronger than the mere five thousand of the Hou Clan’s Red Flame Army. Scaring him, it seemed, wouldn’t be so easy.